June 19, 2020 at 13:08 JST
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gives a speech in support of Anri Kawai during the Upper House election campaign in Hiroshima in July 2019. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
An unprecedented scandal has dealt a serious blow to people’s trust in the fairness of the election system, which is the foundation of democracy, and to the credibility of politics. [Read More]
Stories about memories of cherry blossoms solicited from readers
Cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life.
A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
A series on the death of a Japanese woman that sparked a debate about criminal justice policy in the United States
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
